Showy Fall Foliage - Page 4 of 9
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Plant GuideSourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
Sourwood, the lone species of the genus, is found in woodlands and along streams of eastern North America.
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Plant Guide‘Grace’ smoke tree
Cotinus ‘Grace’This cross of the European smoke bush (C. coggygria) and the American smoke tree (C. obovatus) is a gem in the garden.
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Plant GuideCommon witch hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
The native common witch hazel is an understory plant that becomes leggy if it has to reach for light, but in the open, it develops into a graceful, spreading shrub…
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Plant GuidePaperbark maple
Acer griseum
This slow-growing understory tree has highly ornamental, peeling orange-cinnamon bark.
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Plant GuideSmoke tree
Cotinus coggygriaThis bushy shrub or small tree has generated many notable cultivars, all of which add great textural qualities to the landscape.
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Plant Guide‘Snow Queen’ oakleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’This cultivar produces 8-inch-long, conical flower heads from early summer on.
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Plant GuideTall purple moor grass
Molinia caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Sky Racer''Skyracer' grows to about 3 feet wide and 2 to 3 feet wide, and in late summer to early fall, sends up delicate panicles to a height of 6 or 7 feet.
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Plant Guide‘Jane Platt’ fothergilla
Fothergilla gardenii 'Jane Platt'This cultivar of a favorite fall shrub has the same great spring flowers as the rest of the species.
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Plant GuideGolden larch
Pseudolarix kaempferiThe golden larch is a lovely deciduous conifer whose lacy foliage turns golden in autumn.
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Plant Guide‘Regent’ serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia 'Regent'A compact shrub form of serviceberry, 'Regent' produces finely toothed, rounded leaves that are bluish on top and gray-green on the bottom.
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